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    "ocrText": "290\n1\n8 . I\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE\nrile\nMemorandum of Conversation\nDATE: January 11, 1943.\nJECT: Request by the Chinese for trucks in connection with the\nproposed route from India to China via Iran and the\nSoviet Union.\nTICIPANTS:\nMajor General Burns, Executive Officer of the Munitions\nAssignments Board.\nBrigadier General Spalding\nMr. Ray of OLLA (Mr. John Orchard of OLLA joined the\nmeeting toward its elese.)\nMr. Keary\nMr. Hiss\n...\nAt Mr. Finletter's request I attended a conference on\nthe above subject in General Burns' office. Mr. Finletter\ninformed me that the meeting mad been arranged by General Burns\nwho had requested that Mr. Finletter be present. Due to an\nengagement with the Secretary, Mr. Finletter could not attend\nand sent Mr. Keary to represent him.\nThe meeting was informal and expleratory. General Burns\nsaid that the War Department has now reseived a requisition\nfrom the Chinese for trucks for the proposed route. In the\ncourse of the conversation General Burns stated that he had\nNATIONAL\nbeen informed by representatives of China Defense Supplies\nARCHIVES A\nRECORDS\nthat the whole idea of the now route had origimated with\n.\nSERVICE\"\nPresident Roosevelt. General Burns also said that Mr. Hopkins\nwas most anxious that the route be pushed.\nEarly in the meeting General Burns read aloud a copy of\na cable from General Stilwell on the subject. General Stilwell\nexprossed himself &S believing that it would be better for\nChina's full efforts to be directed toward regaining the Burma Road.\nHe said that he had first heard of the propesed route from\nDr. Soong at a meeting of American, British and Russian repre-\nsentatives. He indicated that he did not think it was desirable\nfor us to assume any responsibility for actual operation of\nthe route but said that he would make available an offieer for\npurposed [General Spalding agreed to supply the\nDepartment with a paraphrase of this eable] \\/General Burns\nInfra.\nemphasized"
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